Ven. Hiu Wan was awarded the Cultural Prize in 1997 by the Executive Yuan, the nation's highest honor for personal achievement.

Aside from being a distinguished artist, she is a also renowned for her scholarship in Buddhism, literary merit as a poet, her tireless devotion to education, and, above all, a dedicated practitioner of Prajna Ch'an Buddhism

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• 1933¡@¡@¡@ Graduates from Liching School of Art, Hong Kong.

• 1935¡@¡@¡@ Establishes Wen Feng Yun Yuan at Canton.

• 1947¡@¡@¡@ Teaches at the School of Art, Tagore University, Santineketan. India.

• 1952¡@¡@¡@ Establishes Yunmen School at Hong Kong.

• 1957¡ã1958¡@¡@¡@ Travels and visits more than 30 countries of the world and holds exhibitions.

• 1962¡@¡@¡@ Establishes Huihai Middle School in Hong Kong.

• 1966¡@¡@¡@ Teaches Art, Philosophy at Chinese Cultural College and is dean of the Institute of Buddhist Studies.

• 1970 ¡@¡@ Establishes Lotus Ashram.

• 1980¡@¡@¡@ Establishes Huafan Buddhist Research Institue.

• 1988¡@¡@¡@ Holds "59 years of Painting Career" exhibition at Taiwan Provincial Museum.

• 1990¡@¡@¡@ Establishes Huafan University.

• 1994¡@¡@¡@ Holds "64 years of Painting Career" exhibition at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Gallery.

• 1996¡@¡@¡@ Establishes "Lectureship of Enlightenment".

• 1997¡@¡@¡@ Awarded Cultural medal from Administrative Yuan.

• 1998¡@¡@¡@ Exhibition of Enlightened Dhyana paintings at National History Museum.2000 Holds "71 years of Painting Career" exhibition at Chang Kai Shek Cultural Center, Taipei. Municipal Social and Educational Gallery, Tainan. Cultural Center. Kaoshiung.